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S&P adds ESG sections in credit rating reports
01 February 2019S&P Global Ratings has started to include a dedicated environmental, social and governance (ESG) section in credit rating reports for companies.
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Suncorp best-placed insurer to ride out APAC climate risk, Sustainalytics says
31 January 2019Suncorp has been identified by Sustainalytics as the best-positioned property and casualty insurers to ride out climate risks in the volatile Asia-Pacific region.
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CPR and CDP launch disclosure-focused climate fund
31 January 2019CPR Asset Management and CDP have launched a ‘climate fund’ to invest in global equities that best manage climate change-related risks, based on company disclosures.
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Bondholders ‘fail to engage on climate change’
31 January 2019Bondholders have little appetite to engage with companies on climate change, and are relying on governments to step in to resolve the problem, a study has argued.
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ABP launches energy transition fund
30 January 2019Dutch Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP (ABP), which has €399 billion of assets under management, has launched an energy transition fund to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and finance the energy transition in the Netherlands.
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Climate disclosure should benefit the economy, say analysts
30 January 2019Better disclosure of how companies are affected by climate change can yield economic benefits, as well as highlighting potential risks, analysts stress.
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Nordea AM launches first ESG-based fixed income fund
28 January 2019Nordea Asset Management, the largest private investor in the Nordic region, has launched a fixed-income fund based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.
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ESG ratings companies warn of PG&E 'cautionary tale'
28 January 2019ISS-oekom, Sustainalytics and MSCI have urged investors to take heed of the ‘cautionary tale’ of PG&E, whose long history of subpar performance on managing environmental risks has for years been flagged by their ratings.
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BlackRock to launch environmentally-weighted money market fund
24 January 2019BlackRock is preparing to launch a money market fund that will invest in money market instruments whose issuers have above average environmental practices.
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ERAFP awards emerging market corporate bond mandate
24 January 2019French pension fund ERAFP has awarded a €160 million ($204 million) emerging market corporate bond mandate to Aberdeen Asset Management.